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An irrevocable trust offers your assets the most protection from creditors and lawsuits. Assets in an irrevocable trust aren't considered personal property. This means they're not included when the IRS values your estate to determine if taxes are owed.

Revocable Trust During your lifetime, you're free to make changes to the trust or terminate it completely. With a revocable trust, you'll typically act as your own trustee and name someone else to become trustee upon your death or incapacitation. While you're alive, you have control over the assets in the trust.

To create your own living trust in Alabama, you need to first create or have the trust document created for you. It must include the name of the trustee and list your beneficiary or beneficiaries. This legal document must then be signed by the settlor in front of a notary public who will notarize the signature.

The cost of creating a will in Alabama can range from roughly $350 to $850. A Alabama trust typically costs anywhere between $1,200 and $2,950. At Snug, any member can create a Power of Attorney and Health Care Directive for free. A Will costs $195 and a Trust costs $500.

Irrevocable Trusts Using an irrevocable trust allows you to minimize estate tax, protect assets from creditors and provide for family members who are under 18 years old, financially dependent, or who may have special needs.

A will is the simpler option for estate planning, but it needs to go through probate after you pass away, which can take time. Assets in a trust don't need to go through probate and can be distributed ing to the trust's terms more quickly, explains Williams.